Little monsters...

[C Moon]

A scary encounter with what is believed to have been a Brown Recluse on an airplane:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mans-leg-burst-open-after-venomous-spider-bite/

A London man is lucky he didn't lose his leg after he was bitten by a venomous spider, resulting in an injury he described as "something from a horror film."

Jonathan Hogg told U.K. media he was bitten by the spider, believed to be a brown recluse, on an international Qatar Airways flight over the summer.

"The pain was like nothing I've been through in my life. By the time I got to hospital my leg was bursting open, there was pus, it was black," Hogg told reporters.

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. That doesn't sound like recluse.

They don'the hurt at first and they take time to get infected.

That kind of pain sounds like a black widow. But I don't think a widow would have that of immediate reaction, either.

[Ms. Toad]

2. The article is very fuzzy on timing,

But a WebMD article is cited as confirming the delayed time from the bite to the appearance of symptoms.